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“It is sobering to reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.” – Charles A. Beard
International Newsworthy
U.S. Starts Sending Arms for Syrian Rebels
10 GOP Reps Introduce Bill Blocking Military Aid to Syria Rebels
Angela Merkel Warns Against Arms in Syria: ‘Incalculable’ Risks
Australia Lists Jabhat al-Nusra as Terrorist Organization
Blair Ramps Up Anti-Syria Pressure
Russia Pulls All Military Personnel Out of Syria
Russia Subs Military with Civilians at Syrian Base
Russian Defense Ministry Refutes Reports of Syria Evacuation
Saudi Arabia Funds Terrorists in Syria: Russia
Syria’s Rebels in Rift with Aleppo’s Civil Opposition
Islamists Auction Off Cars to Buy Heat Seeking Missiles for Syrian Rebels
Kurds Shoot at Protest in Northern Syria
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Annulment Case for Taksim Renovation Plan Underway
Turkey Investigates Social Media Postings That Allegedly Insult Officials
Turkey Takes Steps to Monitor Twitter Content, Users
Turkey’s Declining Image Alarms Gul
Turkey’s Erdogan Seeks to Further Curb Army Power
PKK Releases 2 Kidnapped Engineers in SE Turkey
PKK Pullout from Turkey to be Complete by End of Fall
The EU Bows to German Pressure to Delay Turkey’s Membership Talks
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Iranian Official Signals No Scaling Back in Nuclear Activity
Marc Rich, the Man Who Sold Iranian Oil to Israel
Kabul Foiled Plot against Afghans: Karzai
Safety Risks, Waste Identified in Three US-Funded Projects in Afghanistan
Afghan Refugees Dig Heels into Pakistan
Pakistan Engaged Taliban to Get Talks Back on Track
‘Pakistan Not Part of Doha Talks’
Bangladesh Loses US Trade Benefits
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Iraqi Official Says Baghdad would Welcome More US Military Help; Bombs Hit Cafes, Killing 16
Iraq Checkpoint Hit by Deadly Blasts
10 killed, 20 Wounded in Attacks on Gov’t-Backed Militiamen in Iraq
Exclusive: Hamas Official Discusses Decline of Iranian Support
Lebanese Shiites’ Divisions Intensify Over Syria
Saudis Hold Anti-Regime Demo in Qatif
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Obama Steps into China’s African Shadow
Egypt’s Opposition Front Presses Morsi for Early Presidential Election
Tense Egypt Set for Mass Rival Protests
Series of Protests Loom Large in Egypt amid ‘Growing Security Crisis’
Morsi Attacks Opposition, Further Infuriates Egyptians
Egypt’s Morsi Circles Wagons as Trouble Looms
Egypt’s Gas Shortage Fuels June 30 Protests
Algerian Army Kill 7 Militants on Libyan Border
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First Ever ‘Foreign Agent’ NGO Registered in Russia
Georgia and the European Security Architecture Conundrum
South Caucasian, U.S. Defense Officials Discuss Regional Security in Georgia
Ivanishvili Goes to Israel Hoping to Mend Ties
Consortium Turns Down Nabucco West Pipeline
Azerbaijan: Courting Enhanced Pakistani Support
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New EU Plan Will Make Every Bank Account in Europe Vulnerable to Cyprus-Style Wealth Confiscation
Tony Blair Seen Signing Albania Consultancy Contract after Socialist Victory
Protesters Fight Police as Kosovo OKs Serbia Deal
National Newsworthy
How the NSA Is Still Harvesting Your Online Data
Justice Department and NSA Memos Proposing Broader Powers for NSA to Collect Data
Telecoms Implicated in Bush-Era Domestic Spying Now Starting ‘Privacy Coalition’
New Privacy Coalition Cashes in on Relationships
Military Court Holds Session so Secret Defendant Can’t Attend
CIA Anti-Leaking Campaign Memo Leaked
CIA Agents Were Embedded With NYPD and Had “No Limits”
Top US General Leaked Cyber-Attack against Iran
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Officials Use the Media to Anonymously Make Case against Snowden
Snowden Could Request Asylum in Russia: Official
Russia Asks Snowden for US Spying Info
US Army Blocks Soldier Access to Guardian Website
Access to Newspaper Website about NSA Leaks Blocked for Govt Employees
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Top Official Admits F-35 Stealth Fighter Secrets Stolen
FBI Sued For Access to Facial-Recognition Records
WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI
TSA’s 50 Most Dangerous Officers: The Criminals Keeping Us “Safe”
Revealed: US Diplomatic Cables That Bradley Manning Is Charged With Releasing
New York City Council Passes Measures to Put a “Leash” on Stop-and-Frisk
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Corzine will Face Civil Charges over Collapse of Financial Firm in 2011
Real Disposable Income is Falling at 2008 Rates
Paycheck to Paycheck and Food Stamp to Food Stamp
Retail Investor Nightmare: the Bond Fund Rout
Noteworthy Editorials
Andrew Gavin Marshall: Global Power Project Part 3- The Influence of Individuals & Family Dynasties
Pepe Escobar: Qatar’s Love Affair with Syria
Nile Bowie: Qatar’s New, Young Emir Won’t Lose Step with Washington
Sheldon Richman: Big Brother, Not Snowden and Greenwald, Is the Story
Surveillance and the Police State: Let Us Hold It to Account
America’s Edward Snowden Problem
If This Is a New Cold War, Who’s the Enemy Supposed to Be?
In Search of Enemies (and Creating Them for No Reason)
CIA Covert Ops in Central America: Nicaragua and the Road to Contra-Gate
Rural Tales of Afghan Despair
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Report- How the National Security State Blackmails the Government
Video 1: Corbett Report- Blowing the Whistle on Government Blackmailing
Video 2: RT- Iran Burns Tons of Narcotics
BFP Podcast 1: The Reality Principle with Eric Draitser- Top NATO Export Rozoff on-“Syria, NATO & the Global Empire”
BFP Podcast 2: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “A Crisis of Empire”
Podcast 1: Corbett Report-We Are (Still) Winning
Podcast 2: Peter B. Collins Show-CIA’s Anti-Leak Memo is Leaked
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